| n&En&u, n&uvvu, vADu vIDu kUDA
okaru roTTekOsaM - m&arokaru peisAkOsaM.
koMdaru kIrtikOsaM - m&arikoMdaru saMpadakOsaM
kAn&i n&En&u m&AtraM pichchivADilA
parula du:khaM kOsaM ardhistAn&u.%'
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'%avun&u. itarula du:khAn&n&i arthistU A pichchikavi veLLipOyADu. eMta bAgA rAsEvADu. atan&i kavitalu chaduvutuMTE m&an&asulOn&i bAdhalan&n&I atan&iki telusun&an&ipistuMdi. avi eMta bAdhA taptahRudayaMtO rAsuMDAli? eMta lOtugA uMTAyi. ilA rAyaTAn&iki en&n&i bAdhalu kAraNam&ein&AyO! OsAri EdO patrikalO chadivAn&u. EdO sin&im&A ShUTiMg#`lO Ayan&akUDA un&n&ADaTa. Ayan&a sin&im&Alaku kUDA rAstuMTADugA. avuDaT#`DOr#` ShUTiMgan&ukuMTAn&u. Ayan&a kUrchun&i EdO pATa rAstun&n&ADaTa. evarO phakIru aTugA vachchADaTa. atan&i chin&igin&a baTTalu chUsi, chaliMchi, tan&a viluvein&a kOTun&u vaMTim&Ida n&uMDi tIsi ichchESADaTa. chaliki Ayan&aku tarvAta jvaraM vachchiMdaTa. iMkO viShayaM. atan&i bhArya n&im&m&I cheptE vin&n&An&u,
EdO iMTarv#yUlO. O rAtri Am&eku m&elukuva vachchi chUstE Ayan&a pakkam&Ida lEraTa. Am&e lEchi aTU iTU vetikiMdaTa. iMTlO ekkaDA kan&piMchalEdaTa. koddisEpu gaDichin&a m&IdaTa gam&an&istE, Ayan&a savvaDi kAkuMDA vachchi paDukun&n&ADaTa. reMDO rOju rAtri kUDA alAgE jarigiMdaTa. m&arusaTi rAtri m&arEm&I AlOchiMchakuMDA Am&e rahasyaMgA Ayan&an&u veMbaDiMchiMdaTa. Ayan&a m&ellagA chAlA dUraM n&aDichi O chIkaTi satraMlOki veLLADaTa. akkaDoka vyAdhigrastuDein&a phakIr#` paDukun&i un&n&ADaTa. atan&oka kuShTurOgi. pApaM! Ayan&a atan&iki sEvachEstun&n&ADaTa' viMTun&n&AvA ShIlA?... cheppukupOtUn&E uMdi um&a.
'%A viMTUn&E un&n&An&u%' Am&e m&ellagA an&i pakkam&Ida vottigili n&idrakupakram&iMchiMdi. (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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